Fire destroys North Hollywood garages and vacant apartment units

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Firefighters look at the damage done by fire to three garages and at least two apartment units Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in the 11000 block of Hartsook Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)

A firefighter attacks a hot spot Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in the 11000 block of Hartsook Street in North Hollywood after a fire destroyed three garages and damaged at least two apartment units. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)

Fire ripped through a row of garages and a vacant one-story apartment building Wednesday in the North Hollywood area, authorities said.

The blaze was reported at 5:35 a.m. Wednesday at 11045 Hartsook St., said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

No one was injured and the cause of the fire is still being investigated, according to Humphrey.

“We don’t know the point of origin,” he said.

When firefighters arrived, they found the building and garages “well-involved,” with the flames also threatening an occupied three-story apartment building to the east of the blaze, Humphrey said.

Fire sprinklers in two units of the occupied building prevented the flames from spreading, Humphrey explained, but the heat managed to damage a window and melt its shutters. There was also “collateral” water damage.

It was unclear how many people might be displaced.

Authorities said fire crews extinguished the garage fires and knocked down the blaze at the vacant building in about 51 minutes.